Batman: The Animated Series
Vowing to avenge the murder of his parents, Bruce Wayne devotes his life to wiping out crime in Gotham City as the masked vigilante "Batman".
Why it matters in DC
Bruce Wayne's ongoing campaign against Gotham's crime provides the foundation for this animated Batman continuity. The series gives recurring allies and enemies room to develop, making its character relationships useful background for the connected animated films and later team stories.
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Story prerequisites are curated. Likely prerequisites are inferred from sequel numbering or explicit synopsis references. Recommendations are earlier stories in the same continuity; background picks are separate adaptations. Series lists cover whole shows, not an episode-by-episode watch order.
Where it fits in the DC universe
Batman: The Animated Series is title 1 of 13 in our DC Animated Universe viewing sequence. Batman: The Animated Series provides the core Gotham background for this animated continuity. Its associated films and The New Batman Adventures develop that world, while Justice League later broadens the setting. Episode order remains useful within the series; the catalogue's title-level sequence does not attempt to interleave every television episode and film.
Seasons & episode progress
Season 1 · 60 episodes
Season 2 · 10 episodes
Season 3 · 10 episodes
Season 4 · 5 episodes
Characters
Cast
Kevin ConroyBatman (voice)Related titles
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
The New Batman Adventures
Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero
Batman Beyond
Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker
Justice League
Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman
Justice League Unlimited
Batman and Harley Quinn
Justice League vs. the Fatal Five
Superman: The Animated Series
Static Shock
Batman Returns
Batman
Batman Forever
Batman & Robin
The Batman
Batman Begins
The Dark Knight
Justice League: The New Frontier
Batman: Gotham Knight
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
Superman/Batman: Public Enemies
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths
Batman: Under the Red Hood
Superman/Batman: Apocalypse
Batman: Year One
The Dark Knight Rises
Justice League: Doom
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1
Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2
Justice League: War
Son of Batman
Batman: Assault on Arkham
Gotham
Justice League: Throne of Atlantis
Batman vs. Robin
Justice League: Gods and Monsters
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Batman: Bad Blood
Justice League vs. Teen Titans
Batman: The Killing Joke
Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders
Justice League
Justice League Dark
Batman vs. Two-Face
The Lego Batman Movie
Batman: Gotham by Gaslight
Batman Ninja
Teen Titans Go! To the Movies
Batman
Batman
Joker
The Death of Superman
Reign of the Supermen
Batman: Hush
Justice League Dark: Apokolips War
Superman: Red Son
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Batman: The Long Halloween, Part One
Batman: The Long Halloween, Part Two
Batman: Soul of the Dragon
Injustice
The Batman
DC League of Super-Pets
The Flash
Legion of Super-Heroes
Justice League: Warworld
Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham
Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part One
Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part Two
Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part Three
Batman: Caped Crusader
The Batman: Part II
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